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Transport Budget

The National Department of Transport has set aside fifty six point three billion rand (R56,63 billion) in the year 2016/17 for transport programmes and initiative. This is 4.5% increase in real terms compare to the 2015/16 financial year. The government has made an unprecedented commitment to high levels of funding over the next MTEF period with the budget expected to increase to R59,3 billion or 11% by 2017/18

The breakdown of the budget is as follows:

Road transport at twenty four points five billion (R24,5 billion)

Rail transport at nineteen billion (R19 billion)

Public transport at eleven point seven billion (R11.7)

Civil Aviation at two hundred and fifty nine million rand (R259 million) and

Maritime transport at one hundred and twenty two million rand (R122 million)